HH Shaikh Nasser hails work progress at Bapco Modernisation Programme

TDT | Manama                                                

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com     

HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bapco Energies Company, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, paid a visit to the work sites of the Bapco Modernisation Programme (BMP).

While touring the sites, HH Shaikh Nasser was briefed on the progress of BMP, which is the largest strategic national project ever in the history of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) and the Kingdom.

His Highness expressed his great admiration for the stages achieved so far and gave directives related to the main aspects of the promising project.

A ceremony was held to mark the completion of the main building for the control units south of Bapco Refinery, which includes all the control, monitoring, and operation management systems for all the new facilities of the BMP project.

HH Shaikh Nasser hailed the progress made since his last visit to the project’s work sites, congratulating the Bapco work team and the contractors in charge of implementing the current phase. He also praised their success in completing work according to schedule.

During the event, HH Shaikh Nasser toured a unique three-dimensional model of the project, which is the first of its kind to be implemented in the Middle East with three-dimensional technology. The model clearly and accurately shows all aspects of the facilities of the mega project.

HH Shaikh Nasser spoke with a number of female and male Bahraini youth working on the project, including operators, engineers, specialists, and technicians, who all contributed actively to the completion of this advanced project, commending their professionalism and dedication and renewing HH’s full confidence in them, as well as in their abilities and capabilities that qualify them to manage this important site.

Bapco Energies’ board members, CEO of Bapco Energies, Mark Thomas, Board of Directors of Bapco, Abdulla Jehad Al-Zain, and CEO of Bapco, Dr. Abdul Rahman Jawahery, and senior executives at Bapco were also present during the field visit.

Bapco Chairman expressed thanks to HH Shaikh Nasser for opening the new building, praising HH’s encouragement of the project’s work team and contractors.

The Bapco Modernisation Programme is the largest project ever undertaken in the history of Bahrain and Bapco. This multi-billion-dollar venture is the largest capital investment in its 90-year history.

The mega-strategic project is carried out by a number of prestigious international companies, including Technip Energies (Italy), Technicas Reunidas (Spain), and Samsung (South Korea).

BMP aims to increase the refining capacity, enhance the product list, and improve energy efficiency so as to make the Bahrain Refinery one of the most competitive in the region and one of the most environmentally friendly.